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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Apr 01, 1838

Page

5

Royal pageantry and foreign affairs stir London society

The Queen and the Dowager Queen attended divine service at St James's chapel. Hyde Park drew crowds Monday as royal leisure and equestrian display delighted observers. Reports placed coronation plans in June with foreign princes potentially attending, while ambassadors noted various diplomatic tidbits and society notices.

Chapel Royal St. James’s Duke of Cambridge Hyde Park Apsley Thomas Munro Paris Duke de Nemours Queen Victoria Berlin Prince Pubus St. James's Duchess of Kent Kensington-palace John Conroy SPD Mary Queen of Scots Lord Arundel Wardour Castle Lord Stourton C. F. Palmer Sergeant ‘'Alfourd Reading Garitan Club Maidstone Royal Marines George Lennox Peter Borthwick West India Planters William Wilberforce Louse of Commons Auxiliary Legion Baron de V Louvre Jamib i Boulogne Bordeaux Frankfort Soad Teste M. Rothschild M. Papiseau France Goritz Baron Sere Constantinople Mehemet Ali Syria Hedias Czareneiz Russia Stockholm Europe Haiti Carthagena Gosport Portsmouth Portsea Herbert G. Jones Lincoln’s-inn Her Majesty van Dieman's Land Jersey Ireland Uphill Weston-super-Mare Severn Bristol Channel Corporation of Doncaster Leger Micch Sx Hospital Oxford Assizes Pratt Brest Perrin Wade Kerry Vsalentia Thomas Allen Longford Crampton

Theatres Review At Her Majesty's Opens With Mixed Praise

The new season at Her Majesty's Theatre opens after repainting the interior with bright yellow replacing old green. Madame Persiani stars in La Sonnambula earning praise for steadiness though not rivaling past greats. Signor Tati and Signor Borrani receive favorable notes on singing and acting. Choral work and the orchestra are commended as improved, while Covent Garden and Drury Lane gossip and upcoming entertainments are sketched in the CHIT CHAT section.

Her Majesty's Theatre Madame Persiani Grisi Malbran Schroeder Malibran Madame Persians Signor Tati Covent-garden James the First Scotland Egerton Webbe Gries Drury-lane Benedict Lindley Balfe Catherine Ribas Philharmonic Hanover-square Rooms Covent Garden Jon Harley Migs Rainforth St. James’s Theatre Madile Taglioni Palace of the Hermitage M. Bouton Tivoli Vesta Teverone Anio Neptune Basilica of St. Paul

The Nickleby Ledger of a Devonshire Farm to London

Ralph Nickleby and Noggs oversee a London office in Golden-square as the Nickleby family fortunes shift from a Devonshire farm to speculative ventures. Ralph contemplates mortgage matters and plots with Bonney while Noggs quietly observes. The tale follows an earned fortune collapsing into debts and the enduring strain on kin.

Boz Nicholas Nickelby Devonshire Mr. Godfrey Nickleby Godfrey Nickleby Ags Mr. Nickleby Ralpha Eby Morocco Godfrey Nickisby Royal Humane Society Society Dawlish Wren Ralph Eagh Nicholas Russell-square Ralph Nickleby London Agas Mrs. Nickleby Kate Mr. Nickelby Gelden-square Ralph Nutklety Golden Square Golden-square Opers Bane Plutie Graf Voicea Mr. Nicklety Noggs Nogge Noger Benny Jose Patthew Pupker Creckford’s Bonney United Ralph. Nickleby Mr. Bonney Newman Noggs

Nickleby and the Charity Visitor

In a hurried street scene Mr Nickleby comments on a charitable impulse while noting Newman Noggs’s rough but useful influence. The exchange hints at a sly ledger of favors and the awkward balance between generosity and need in a city where business relies on discretion.

Mr. N Ckleby Newman Nogge Miewise Nickleby

Horrid Death in the Fleet Prison Inquest Details

A coroner's inquest at the heard-room of Bt. Bride's Workhouse investigated the death of Mr. W. Cook age 58 a debtor prisoner in the Fleet Prison. Evidence cited a chest of tea as disputed value and alleged cruelties by Clare Whitby Co. and sheriff's officers leading to a verdict that removal on 17 July caused death with cruel and unjustifiable conduct by the officers.

Bt. Bride W. Cook Fleet Hutchins Rebecca Cook Huedband Clare Jamer-street Covent-garden Garratt Lloyd Wilmington Square Selby Chancery Lane Sarah Chame Cook Garrett Frm Garrett and Lime-street Bard Eames Adams Biragelf Clare, Whitby, and Co Clara Liverpool Clare Éame Will'am Cook

Asphaltic Mastiv and Rhyne Prepared Roofing Cement

The article describes asphaltic mastiv sourced from Pyriment and pear Systel, refined by roasting to a powder and mixed with lime carbonate and bitumen. It notes ductility, slight sulfur impact on cracking, and use in Paris roofs and barracks, priced about eight to nine pence per square foot.

Paris Simms Ladesc

Rebellion Plans in Toronto Under W L McKruzie Details

W L McKruzie reports secret plotting by reformers in Toronto and Lower Canada. The narrative describes December 7 preparations at Montgomery's Hotel, arms seizures, a march on Toronto, clashes with defenders, and eventual retreat to the United States. McKruzie praises volunteers and notes sympathy from American allies in Buffalo.

Feronto W. M Kinzie Mnice Esfal Party Reformers of Toronto Lower Canada Montgomery’s Sir Francis Rolgh Papincaw Stonffville Yonge-street Montgomery's Mr. Gibson Yonge Street Nena Francis Head Capt Bridgeford Tal-Bar Tenn Dunda Street Great Western Sulliven Executive Council Bachausa Éthars Apm Dyu Torronto Montreal van Egmond Helland Napoleon Macketry Europe Mr. Fletcher von Egmond Hogg’s Hollow United States Buffalo Feaven L. M'Kruzie Navy Island Upper Cexeda

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